Ed Finkler

Ed Finkler, also known as [Funkatron][1], started making web sites before browsers had frames. He does front-end and server-side work in Python, PHP, and JavaScript. He is the Lead Developer and Head of Developer Culture at [Graph Story][6].

He served as web lead and security researcher at [The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) at Purdue University][2] for 9 years, and he’s an partner emeritus of [Fictive Kin][3]. Along with Chris Hartjes, Ed is co-host of the [Development Hell podcast][4].

Ed’s current passion is raising mental health awareness in the tech community with his [Open Sourcing Mental Illness][5] speaking campaign.